SV1XV's photos

Nice griffin sculpture by Lars Utne (1862-1922), on a Noway stamp of 2012.

GREECE: Postage stamp for the inauguration of Thermopylae Teleport of Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation in 1970.

GREECE: Stamp for the 50th anniversary of the Scouts of Greece (1910-1960). Shows the historical (pre-1975) flag of the Boy Scouts of Greece, decorated with the Medal of Military Merit by the Greek Government.

Djibouti stamp for the Association of Radio Amateurs of Djibouti (ARAD), 1981.

USSR stamp of 1981, commemorating the 30th exhibition of amateur radio designers.

Soviet Union stamp for the 1983 1st European Radiotelegraphy Championship (Первый Чемпионат Европы по Радиотелєграфии).

Block of four stamps of Greece for the inauguration of Thermopylae Teleport of Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation in 1970. Cancelled with "TRIPOLIS - ΤΡΙΠΟΛΙΣ" postmarks, 29ΙΧ82 (1982-09-29) and postage due "T" postmark.

Topical stamp of Indonesia for the 1996 National Jamboree (Jambore Nasional), displaying a member of the Boy Scouts of Indonesia operating an amateur radio station.

Soviet Union stamp for the centenary of the International Telecommunications Union, ITU , 1865-1965.

Mayotte stamp of 2011 with a picture of MS Marion Dufresne, FNIN (IMO 9050814), in Mamoudzou Lagoon. Marion Dufrsene is regularly used to carry DXpeditions in the French islands of Indian Ocean.

QSL card confirming reception by Ove Hanstrom of a shortwave broadcast by the Voice of America on 1955-11-21 from a transmitter installed on USCGC Courier WAGR-410 , anchored off Rhodes Island, Greece, on 6185 kHz.

USA stamp for the International Geophysical Year - IGY (1957-1958). During the IGY, many ionospheric research projects were carried out, some of them involving amateur radio. The peak solar conditions on 1957-1958, with a SSN of 285 in March 1958, resulted in a major boost in amateur radio, as many young hams managed to have worldwide QSOs on 28 MHz with modest stations. Many propagation beacons were installed during IGY; these included amateur radio beacons OZ7IGY and GB3IGY (later GB3RAL) on 144 MHz, which are still operational, as well as the now defunct DM3IGY in East Germany on 28001 kHz.

Pair of Serbia and Montenegro stamps (2004), centenary of coastal radiotelegraphy station Bar Radio , formerly YUW, now 4OB.

Stamp (Michel Nr. 512) with a panoramic view of Radio Luxembourg building and HF antenna farm.

QSL letter sent by the Radio Direction of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) to SWL Lars Anderson. It confirms reception of a voice mirror on the HF/SSB telephone circuit to New York, SZF4 on 10105 kHz. It is signed by Stefanos Eletheriou (Στέφανος Ελευθερίου), who had issued the first official Greek amateur radio licenses in 1937, when he was working for the Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones.

USA: Block of 4 stamps, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) 1914-1964.

French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF) stamp commemorating "Radio Amateurs" (1992)